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Pix11.com 

Sunday service starts again at NYC libraries after budget cuts restored

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Public libraries across New York City will once again open on Sundays after budget cuts reduced hours last year.  On Sunday, a handful of libraries celebrated the return of Sunday hours across the Brooklyn, Queens and New York Public Library systems. All libraries that used to have Sunday service will [...]

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (sports) 

Police complaint against Yuvraj, Harbhajan for 'mocking' people with disabilities

A police complaint has been registered against former cricketers Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, and Gurkeerat Mann for allegedly ridiculing individuals with disabilities in an Instagram video. In response to the backlash over the video, Harbhajan issued a statement on 'X', clarifying that there was no intent to offend anyone. Arman Ali, the executive director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), filed the complaint with the SHO of the Amar Colony police station.

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Supreme Court upholds NPPA's Rs 4.65 cr recovery from Sun Pharma for drug price violation

The Supreme Court upheld NPPA's Rs 4.65 crore recovery from Sun Pharma for Roscilox overpricing (April 1996 - July 2003). The appeal was rejected owing to inconsistencies and Paragraph 13 of DPCO. Delhi HC found overlap with Oscar Laboratories. Sun Pharma, acting as dealer and distributor, lacked documentation, with direct contact as per DPCO definitions.

Sciencedaily.com 

Crystals from radioactive metal actinium

Researchers grew crystals containing actinium and illuminated them with X-rays to learn how the radioactive metal binds with other elements. That information could help design better cancer treatments.

Sciencedaily.com 

Origins of creativity in the brain

New results could ultimately help lead to interventions that spark creative thought or aid people who have mental illnesses that disrupt these regions of the brain.

World Players of Handball 

2024 USHA National Junior 3-Wall Championships Wraps at Clark Park

Tucson, AZ, WPH Press, 7/14/24 The United States Handball Association proudly presented the 2024 USHA National Junior 3-Wall Championships at Tucson’s Clark Park, featuring players from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Mexico, with players competing in the early morning and late in the evening under the newly installed Clark Park lights. Andres Cordova clinched the […]

OpEdNews.com 

Tomgram: Ellen Cantarow, A Cancer on the West Bank

In 1979, I made the first of what would turn out to be decades of periodic visits to Israel and the West Bank. I traveled there for the New York alternative publication The Village Voice to investigate Israel's growing settler movement, Gush Emunim (or the Bloc of the Faithful)[...]

Jalopnik.com 

Ford's 1,400-HP Electric Supervan Wins Goodwood Hill Climb

Ford proved to be the fastest up Goodwood this year with a 1,400-horsepower electric SuperVan that the company, for some reason, refuses to sell to the public. It ran the 1.17-mile hill climb in 43.98 seconds, which proved to be the fastest time of the day, even if it didn’t face much serious competition this year.…

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